Road safety technology company Acusensus has been given a Road Safety GB Corporate Award at this year’s National Conference, with Dr Suzy Charman receiving the Achievement Award.
Road Safety GB is a national road safety organisation made up of representatives from groups across the UK, including local government road safety teams.
Acusensus are world leaders in distracted driving enforcement solutions, having invented, patented and delivered the world’s first operational solutions.
The company was founded in 2018, with the objective to develop a practical solution that would help to address the menace of drivers who are distracted by their hand held mobile devices or are not wearing a seatbelt.
The result was the ‘Heads Up’ system, which combines AI software with dedicated imaging and processing hardware, allowing authorities to identify and capture violations, 24/7 and in all weather conditions.
Acusensus continues to grow its presence in the UK market, working collaboratively with AECOM. During the past 12 months, more than 100 projects have been carried out across the country using the STV (Sensor Test Vehicle), along with six ‘Heads Up’ trailers.
To date, 19 UK police forces have used the technology and over half of them have actively prosecuted mobile phone and seatbelt offences.
Acusensus won alongside GEM Motoring Assist – a members’ motoring and road safety organisation based in the UK. In 1932, the founders set a very clear mission – to help keep everyone safe on the roads.
Dr Charman is a leading expert on the Safe System with just under 20 years’ experience.
Before joining the Road Safety Foundation, she was head of international road safety at TRL, and before that she was responsible for overseeing the establishment of the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP).
Dr Charman received glowing support within her nomination submission: “Having the gift to either excel technically, or to lead others, or perhaps to persuade Ministers to give millions of pounds to road safety is special. To have all of these qualities and succeed in each, is exceptional.
“She has so often recognised skills in others, as she sits on judging panels for a number of other awards, it would be fitting for her at last to be the award winner and not always the judge.”
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